Exploring the lived experiences of teenage girls in the role of wives

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1 Associate Professor of Sociology, Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

2 Assistant Professor of Sociology, Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

3 M. A in Sociology, Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

10.22034/fcp.2025.141036.2224

Abstract

Child-wifery is one of the social phenomena and can cause a lot of damage. To face the damage of this phenomenon, it is necessary to know its foundations; Therefore, the current research was conducted with the aim of identifying the lived experiences of girls who are in the role of a wife. This research seeks to answer the above question by using qualitative approach and phenomenological method. The studied community is all girls who have experience of marriage at a young age in Shushtar city. Nineteen girls of the city were interviewed using the purposeful sampling method. Their experiences were collected and transcribed through in-depth semi-structured interviews and sentences and phrases were analyzed using the Claesian method. The findings show that legal legitimacy, traditions, chaotic family atmosphere, the norm of chastity and dropping out of school are the main causes of these marriages. The traditionality of family customs and behavior, chaotic financial environment of the family, choice of parents and normative pressure, the norm of chastity and insecure life, lack of support for womthe child marriage of these women, their rights in the field of education, choosing a husband, and a safe life with relative prosperity have been jeopardized. From the perspective of activists, marriage without love and understanding, thoughts of divorce and elopement, increasing individualism and social isolation,

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  • Receive Date: 27 April 2024
  • Revise Date: 19 May 2025
  • Accept Date: 07 August 2024

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